UX design
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3 weeks agoDistraction Tax in Digital Products
Interfaces impose a distraction tax that increases time, errors, and cognitive load by consuming users' limited attention, especially harmful in goal-driven tasks.
When was the last time you had a good day of work? The kind where you got into flow and stayed there long enough to think deeply about a problem? Paul Graham wrote about this in 2009: a single meeting can wreck an entire half-day for someone who needs uninterrupted time to build something. Sixteen years later, we've added Slack, Teams, always-on video calls, and a culture of instant responsiveness.